In Messages on [iPhone](https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone "iPhone"), you can now use SMS, RCS, end-to-end encrypted RCS, and iMessage. Sure, sending media to Android is better, but everything else is more confusing and frustrating than ever.

RCS end-to-end encryption is in beta so it doesn't always work right

Sometimes a clever marketing trick or feature highlight can lead to deeply rooted societal divides. What started as a way to show users that they were not using [iMessage](https://appleinsider.com/inside/imessage "iMessage") and potentially being nickeled and dimed for each SMS is now, annoyingly, a kind of status symbol.

The simple act of texting has become a divisive and sometimes irritating aspect of using a smartphone. Whether you care about technology or not, if you're an iPhone user, you've at the least subconsciously reacted to a green bubble text.

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